Economists Appeal To Germany To Learn To Work Four Days A Week More Efficiently.

< p > > according to the Huffington post, economists suggest that if you work 30 hours a week, your life will be better.

In the new economist Foundation's new book "time is on our side", 18 economists in the book advocate shortening working hours per week, so that people can more freely use their time to make people more "a href=" http://www.91se91.com /news/list.aspx Classid=101112107102 "creativity less than /a", leading people to live a more fulfilling life, and create more jobs than they do now.

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Anna Coote, Social Policy Department of the new economist foundation, said: "it is time to reverse the concept of a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107101 ", full-time /a and part-time job in P.

We have to rethink.

We all know that there is an old saying that time is money, but time is much more important than money. Everyone should have equal amount of free time.

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< p > inequality between the rich and the poor is growing.

This is not only reflected in the huge difference between income, but also in the control of time inequality.

Some people can control their time in large numbers, but some people can not.

Anna Coote said, "the poverty of time and the poverty of money are tied together. Too few controllable time will seriously deprive us of our health, happiness, quality of family life and the quality of social life."

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< p > in "time is in our side", < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107108" > economist < /a > also advocate that we should learn from Germany, Holland and Belgium and follow them for 30 hours per week.

Experts point out that employees should be given more rights to them, including the right to ask for shorter work hours.

The boss should allow employees to choose whether to spend more time off or to raise more wages.

Experts also suggest that when young people start their first job, they can start with four days a week.

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< p > some large business groups approve of such an idea, but they also worry about the cost of breaking the rules.

To this end, economists said: "our working style is undergoing great changes. It is particularly beneficial to establish an elastic framework suitable for both employees and employees. We should consider a more efficient and humane work mode.

Heavy rules and regulations will inhibit the vitality of enterprises and are not conducive to creating new jobs. "

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Less than P, affected by soaring gasoline and energy prices and reduced state financial subsidies, the municipalities of New Jersey, the United States, have to be smart enough to save money.

Recently, some cities have taken the lead in reducing the number of civil servants working days to four days a week.

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< p > according to foreign reports quoted by Ta Kung Pao in Hongkong, the four day working system has been implemented in the city of New Jersey, kirdon County, and the city of irington is considering follow-up. Other cities are also exploring the feasibility of the measure.

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< p > the theoretical basis of the measure is that if the unnecessary government service units are closed one day a week, ten hours per Thursday will be squeezed into four days, which will not only save the electricity expenses of the municipal government, but also save the pportation expenses and time for commuting.

The premise of implementing the measure is not to substantially reduce government services.

But this measure does not apply to emergency service personnel.

In some cities, civil servants take turns to work in batches, ensuring that the municipal office is still open five days a week.

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< p > for the government of the city of Georgia, the city has sixty-five thousand residents and four days working system, which will save thirty thousand dollars of water and electricity expenses for taxpayers every year.

As early as the oil crisis of the 80s of last century, the city had implemented a four day working system until 1995, and it resumed working for five days a week.

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From August, Utah will become the first state in the United States to force most civil servants to work four days a week for the purpose of saving energy and reducing emissions by the state government. P

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In addition to the government, many enterprises and institutions have implemented a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/list.aspx Classid=101112107107" > flexible working system < /a >, taking the strategy of reducing working days per week and working at home, in order to meet the goal of high oil price and energy saving and emission reduction. P

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< p > verrison telephone allows all employees of the database department in Frey City, New Jersey, to work at home. Employees work online through the company's computer and company network, and the conference is also held through the Internet for remote video conferencing.

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< p > some hospitals began implementing the twelve hour scheduling system for nurses and computer maintenance personnel a few weeks ago, and worked three days a week.

The finance department also opens some employees to work at home, saving space to expand other departments.

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